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Picture yourself spending some time with congenial friends, sharing your lives and pictures from your cell phones." They're curious about that cool game, song, movie, camping trip, art show, or other event that fascinated you. You talk about all kinds of stuff, poetry, styles, personal achievements, relationships, and bad days. You can share your inner child, and laugh together. They sympathetically listen to your feelings about serious topics like politics or climate change, even when they don't agree.

Personal validation comes from paying attention to one another, giving more than you get. Everyone respects you and themselves, despite our amazing range of personal tastes and interests. They'll tell you they don't agree with an idea or behavior without implying you're a bad person or somehow deficient. It's an "I'm OK, You're OK" kind of fellowship, where nobody tries to make himself look better by picking on somebody else.

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Randy, we are on the west slope of the Rockies, getting water runoff that produces grand aquafers. Spokane sits on top of it and we benefit by the underground water source. Where I live now, Newport, 50 miles north of Spokane, does not benefit as much by the Rocky Mt. watershed, yet we have small mountains that feed the soil where I live. We have more dry spots and it is difficult to find a water table here. This ground is at risk for drought if we don't get a good snowpack.

As you know, we live on top of a huge sand dune created by the last Ice Age. I water the lawn twice a day for very short spurts. The water percolates away leaving dry sand behind. A pristine lawn is preferable because of providing a fire barrier.

There was a forest fire 6-miles to our west; the prevailing winds come from the west. I watered the lawn and trees, they washed the metal roof of any fir needles, we brought out the chemical spray that they would use if the fire came on our property. They filled the Fire District's water truck. The state or federal government brought in their firefighters, and the fire is out, however, we keep on the lookout for flare-ups.

Spud, that black booted dog is Michelle's and he is super hyperactive, never stops running. He knocks me down all the time and sometimes I have to crawl opn my hands and knees to get to a chair or porch so that I can get up. Zeek is terrible for Larry because he is crippled from childhood polio, leaving him with one leg 2" shorter than the other. We constantly work with Zeek to get him to stop bowling us over, but Zeek is Zeek. He should not be on this place. However, even Larry loves that damned dog, as do I.

Great picture of you Joan! I'll share one of mine showing Hutterite mother and daughter. And yes, I've been to and seen most of those places you asked about. It's your neck of the woods I haven't explored.